Wire fence.



PATENTED DEC. 5, 1905. B.\ B. WOOD.

WIRE FENCE.

APPLICATION FILED 141112.27, 1905.

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ATTORNEYS BERT B. WOOD, OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA.

WIRE FENCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed March 27, 1905. Serial No. 252,186.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERT B. WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bozeman, in the county of Gallatin and State of Montana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in wire fences, and particularly in that class of such fences illustrated in my former patent, No. 733,890, dated July 14, 1903; and the present invention has for an object to provide a novel construction at the ends of the tie or clamp whereby the same may be cinched or tightened when applied to the fence at the crossing of the line and stay wires; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of a portion of a fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the tie as in use, the line-wire and stay-wire being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3' is a sectional plan View on about line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation on about line a 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the tie-wire ready for application to the fence; and Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the tiewire ready for application to the fence, as will be described.

It will be noticed that the accompanying illustration, except Figs. 5 and 6, conforms substantially to the illustration in my former patent, before described, and the tie wire when applied in the present instance operates to bend the line and stay wires at the crossing equallythat is to say, form similar and equal bends in the line and stay wires, as in my former construction. Also, as in said patented construction, I prefer to make the tie or clamp A of strong smooth galvanized steel wire, similar to that from which the linewirel and stay-wire2 of the fence are formed and construct and apply the said tie and clamp in such manner that it will form a continuous and rigid knot or clamp. In my former construction the ends of the length of wire forming the tie-wire abut squarely or at a right angle to the axis of the meeting ends. In my present construction 1 form the ends of the tie-wire A at 1 and 2 at an angle to the axis ofthe wire and at reverse and equal angles, as shown, so that when the tie-wire is applied to the line and stay wires, as shown, and pressed together to clamp the line and stay to a fence, as by exerting a greater force the free ends of the tie wire may be forced slightly past each other in order to secure the extreme tightening or adjustment for the purpose of securing a very rigid construction of fence.

It will be understood that I apply my tie by clamping it on the joint or crossing of the line and stay wires by means of a suitable tool in the form of pincers adapted for the purpose, and by clamping the tie on the fence instead of twisting it to position I am able to secure it very tightly. In the construction shown the tie or clamp ready for application to the joint of the fence is constructed as shown in Fig. 5 and consists of the main loop A, having the side arms a and a and provided at the ends of said arms opposite the bend a with returned arms B and C, such arms B and O being of such length relatively as to produce aseparated loop when the clamp is applied as shown in Fig. 2, such separated loop being similar in size and shape to the main loop A, and the ends B and O of the arms B and O beinginclined or tapered, so that when abutted .they may be caused to adj ust slightly past each other in securing a cinching or tightening of the tie-wire, as desired.

As shown, the arm B is deflected slightly downward near its extremity b to facilitate the bending of samefrom the position shown ir Figs. 5 and 6 down to the position shown In Fig. 2, and this is a preferred feature of construction in the tie-wire as made for application to fences.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the line-wire, the stay-wire crossing the line-wire and the tiewire having a main loop formed with arms having a uniting bent at one end and provided at the other ends of said arms with returned arms, one of said returned arms being of a length less than thatof the arms of the main loop and the other returned arm being of a length in excess of that of the main loop equal to the difierence between the shorter returned arm and the main loop forming four similar loops fitting around the stay and line wires on opposite sides of the point of crossing both vertically andlaterally and the ends of the linewire being tapered or inclined to the aXes of said ends whereby the tie-wire when clamped upon the crossed wires may be cinched or tightened by the adjustment of said inclined ends along each other, substantially as set forth.

2. A tie-wire for fences having a main loop and provided. at the ends of the arms thereof opposite its connecting-bend, with returned arms combining to form a loop similar to the main loop, the ends of said arms being inclined or tapered to the axes thereof, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A tie-wire for fences having a main loop, returned arms at the ends of the arms of the main loop, said returned arms when combined being approximately equal to the length of the main loop and the returned arms combining to form a loop similar to the main'loop, the ends of said arms being tapered or inclined to permit the adjustment of such ends along each other and one of the arms being deflected near its free end toward the other arm, substantially as set forth.

4:. A tie-wire for fences having its free ends brought together and abutted and having such ends inclined or tapered with respect to the axes thereof whereby the ends may slide along each other to secure an adjustment by which to cinch or tighten the tie-wire when clamped upon crossed wires, substantially as set forth.

BERT B. WOOD.

VVitnessesi SOLON G. KEMoN, PERRY B. TURPIN. 

